A Welsh Landscape Through Time: Excavations at Parc Cybi, Holy Island, Anglesey Kenney Jane

Holy Island is a small island just off the west coast of Anglesey, North Wales, which is rich in archaeology of all periods. Over 20 hectares were investigated, revealing a busy and complex archaeological landscape, which could be seen evolving from the Mesolithic period through to the present day. Between 2006 and 2010, archaeological excavations in advance of a major Welsh Government development site, Parc Cybi, enabled extensive study of the island's past.

A Bronze Age ceremonial complex, along with the Neolithic tomb, defined the cultural landscape for subsequent periods. Major sites discovered include an Early Neolithic timber hall aligned on an adjacent chambered tomb and an Iron Age settlement, the development of which is traced by extensive dating and Bayesian analysis. A long cist cemetery of a type common on Anglesey proved, uncommonly, to be late Roman in date, while elusive